Donald Trump: Classic or Dud?

I'm going to go out on a limb and predict these social media bans aren't going to be "forever", as much as we'd like them to be. And if he became a serious contender and/or got the nomination, he'd be back on every single one of them with lots of hemming and hawing about "learned lesson", "equal time", "newsworthy" and every other manner of bullshit excuse whomever is running Twitter and Facebook by then will trot out.

Business Insider: Donald Trump will only "pretend" to run for president in 2024 in order to raise money before dropping out, his niece Mary Trump predicted.

"I think he's going to pretend to, for sure," Mary Trump said of her uncle running for president again.

"Think about how much money he's made off the big lie the last few months. He's made more money since President Biden won the election than I think he has in his entire life. So I don't think he's going to let that grift go quite so soon."

She predicted that her uncle would not become the GOP nominee in 2024 because he would fear losing.

"There's no way that he is going to put himself in the position of losing again," she said. "The problem is the Republican Party seems determined to continue to keep him legitimate, which is the really scary part."

Sounds about right.

they already made the decision to ban a sitting President. they might play dumb but they're aware he'll never "learn his lesson" and we all know he's going to spend every single public appearance for the rest of his life repeating the same lies that led to him getting banned in the first place. banning him because he was a threat to our nation but then allowing him back on because he has the chance to become a threat to our nation again would be a disaster for them. they've already absorbed the PR hit from the right.

"There's no way that he is going to put himself in the position of losing again," she said.

Thank you, Mary Trump, for this reassuring insight.

banning him because he was a threat to our nation but then allowing him back on because he has the chance to become a threat to our nation again would be a disaster for them.

Yes because, if nothing else, Facebook and Twitter are both notoriously known for always doing the right thing.

has nothing to do with what's right, it would be bad for their bottom line

Look, I don't want to ever entertain the idea of that guy's thoughts being forced on me from any site, but I don't think it's going to be as much of a blow to their bottom line as you might think, at least not three years in the future.

Presuming he can't and won't win a general election, I actively like the idea of him freezing other candidates out. Cruz, Cawthorne, and company absolutely can't run if T is also on the ballot. No one can ever be Trumpier than Trump. So a primary race of him vs. an antiTrump MittBot would be a blowout, but the general would be a different ballgame.

Democrats should be thrilled he's not going gently into the night; he's done more damage to the GOP than anyone in history, let him finish this important work.

That historically damaged GOP still controls many state governments, has 50 US senators and it gained seats in the House in the 2020 election. The storming of the US Capitol will more likely than not be a faded memory of small import in the 2022 elections, in part because it hasn't been hammered at by the media or denounced by Biden on a daily basis to keep it fresh as a rallying cry.

Having Trump on the ballot was great for the GOP overall; but I don't know that Trump fans will give a rat's ass about ballots that he doesn't appear on.

I could easily imagine Cruz trying to weasel his way into the nomination, even if Trump ran, as only Cruz can.

"Look, folks--we all love Donald. We know what he's done for the party, for our country, for our world. The simple fact is, he can't win. Not because he shouldn't win, but because more than half the country hates him. They shouldn't hate him, they should love him--we know that--but because of the media, they can never know the Donald we know. To correct that, I offer myself as a humble stand-in. Let's you, me, and the spirit of Donald Trump go forward and scale heights we never knew possible. Let's do this--let's Make MAGA Great Again."

(Also known as MMAGAGA, not to be confused with Lady Gaga.)

Xp to AndytG, hat is a fair point

Cawthorne won't be old enough to run for President until 2032

CAWTHORN 2032

- Granny Dainger

Hopefully he won't make it to that age.

I think it’s safe to once again say: Classic

Former President Trump is releasing statements that read like tweets on letterhead. pic.twitter.com/bGJaaRvPzf

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) March 10, 2021

Like the aging high school quarterback watching old films of his salad days: "I was something else! Hope they don't forget... "

"(often referred to as...)"--like riding a bike.

it's so strange that he actually could take a teeny weeny bit of credit for the fast development of vaccines but 1) he doesn't and 2) his moron followers don't trust the vaccine that he could be taking some credit for. Because of dumb stuff they read on the internet. Such a ridiculous unforced error on his part.

He really wanted this out there to breathe new life into 'China Virus'.

Hah, like there is such a thing as an unforced error in trumpworld.

The followers don't have any trouble holding contradictory positions as long as all of them can be spun to be laudatory of the god-emperor.

1. The virus is a dangerous bioweapon intentionally unleashed by the wily Chinese Communists to destroy our precious way of life. Only Trump with his manly manliness was able to do the right thing and stand up to those godless bastards with his prescient travel ban. MAGA!

2. The virus is actually not that big a deal, the flu kills way more people anyways. And Democrat health officials are classifying deaths from car accidents as COVID deaths, just to obtain more control. Only Trump with his excellent brain could tell that it was an overblown threat ginned up by evil Fauci and the Deep State to control the lives of our noble patriots. MAGA!

3. The virus would have been a WAY more serious threat, had it not been for the lightning-fast rapid vaccine development enabled by Trump's quick thinking and excellent brain. Had he not acted as he did, millions would be dying in the streets. Thanks, DJT! MAGA!

4. Vaccines are a crock; we should all have been taking hydroxychloroquinine with a bleach chaser and a sunlight enema long ago, and everything would be fine. But the lying deep state pedophiles like Fauci, who are in league with AOC and the FAKE NEWS MEDIA, don't want you to know that. Because they want to control every aspect of your lives. Only Trump with his excellent brain could see through the establishment's lies and see the Truth. MAGA!

There's really no problem believing all these things simultaneously as long as they all end with MAGA!

You’re right but if he had done a better job taking credit for the vaccine maybe he could have attracted some non-true-believers. Wouldn’t have been that hard to do but he was just too lazy or undisciplined.

I wish journalists would stop helping Trump get around his Twitter ban.

someone on twitter determined that this new missive fits just under the current 280 character limit

WmC otm

Dud

I love that I'm only now learning about this press release, a day on.

idk I think journalists are spending the appropriate amount of time on Trump right now, you barely hear him mentioned on the news lately (outside of "the previous administration really fucked this up"), something like this really should get the spotlight as a reminder of how absolutely pathetic the entire GOP is

Yeah but why won't the lamestream media remind everybody that he personally OK'd the vaccinations' creation? (Even though they're actually Soros/Antifa microchips?)

Tussaud’s Waxworks in San Antonio removes Trump figure because people keep punching it

lol, that looks nothing at all like him.

I'm deeply disappointed that they didn't include a picture with its face mashed in.

wanna see that video i made of trump and the hall of presidents a few years ago again? might as well, it took me 2349087234-8723-4032q950-98238q24-0q239489-231098432=0-94823-0948u23-0948123-0948123-0948123 years to make\\

https://vimeo.com/248242009

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#notaNFT

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMnBwidFAZ3/?igshid=1k8lfguzipuwh

The acrylic lectern is so on brand for a guy whose brain stopped working in 1986.

looks like he's running for condo board treasurer in that pic, strong morty seinfeld vibes

its kind of surreal seeing all these sad photos of him in half-empty ballrooms at Mar-a-Lago, I still cannot believe that fucking guy was President

...surrounded by a slew of John Waters' films extras.

Dud

Former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort has closed its dining room and suspended beach club services to guests due to a Covid-19 outbreak among "some" staff, according to an email sent to members Friday afternoon and shared with CNN.

The email says the closure is out of "an abundance of caution."

Banquet and event services remain open, the email says, adding: "We have already undertaken all appropriate response measures in accordance with CDC guidance, including activating a thorough sanitization and cleaning of any affected areas and all club facilities, and we will continue our heightened environmental cleaning regimen."

https://happymag.tv/trump-wax-figure-removed-from-museum/?fbclid=IwAR3W-YKduZCOF8l2JYwqX7zwZo4pmt_4x7qSE7tuV5psUH8Q0pN68x8_EGk

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/21/media/donald-trump-social-media-network/index.html

"Completely redefine the game"--in a downward direction, I assume, if that's even possible.

Today in Things That Will Never Happen...frankly, I'm surprised he didn't say it would be coming "in about two weeks".

lol

Facst? Nzi Prty?

call me naive, but i think it's going to happen. it may suck and immediately fall apart, or it may actually attract a bunch of people. it makes too much sense for it not happen, especially given that everyone involved is either desperate for money or desperate to throw money at things.

the more interesting thing, i think, will be what they'll do when all fascists and militia groups establish their presence (on day 1, i'd guess). i would assume that any trump social network will do zero "moderation". so what does that mean when he's hosting stormfront?

Same--with all that money out there just waiting to be milked, I'd be surprised if they didn't at least get it off the ground. I'm interested in how much attention is paid to it by CNN and such. If there's little or none, I expect Trump would quickly lose interest.

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